tornado outbreaks brings damage and devastation to the south. joey: max gordon joins us from rougeses rogers, arkansas wih the latest. reporter: good morning. we just got on the ground moments ago. you can smell natural gas on the ground in rogers, arkansas and many buildings are damaged after yous suspected tornado ripped through this community. a county judge here says at least one person here is dead, no idea yet on how many people are injured. but just looking from the devastation behind me, there are likely going to be some that are injured here in rogers, arkansas. now, this was a part of a tornado outbreak among 20 tornadoes reported across oklahoma, texas and here in arkansas. in texas, the cook county sheriff says that five are now confirmed dead after a suspected tornado hilt a mobile home park there. the sheriff says the number of dead could rise. dozens were injured in a travel center to the north in mays county, oklahoma, emergency managers say two people are
Dangerous and its really the lack of visibility. We can barely see 100 yards in either direction and obviously with the winds blowing at this speed if there is debris flying through the air i dont want to be out in the middle of that and get caught up side the head by some Flying Branch or anything like that reporter hold on one second, ed. Stay where you are. Stay where you are right now because some of these big trees are surrounding this hotel. I dont know if theyre going to make it. Theyre starting to creep out. Look, the palm tree is an extraordinary piece of vegetation. Theres no question about it. Theyre built to bend. There are a lot of trees that arent that and theyre starting to split and fail under the strain on them and weve been watching it and the concern is that these trees are going to go into the structures across and while they may not look physically impressive to you, were talking about thousands and thousands of pounds and even more of that force if they do
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A very high level. Some are saying its one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. It built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of fema and we are watching Hurricane Michael. Its just hitting shore now. Winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. Category 4. You dont hear about that. Its the most powerful recorded storm to strike the Florida Panhandle ever. It will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. The storm surges could be up to 15 feet. Additional rainfall could also produce Flash Flooding at the highest levels. We have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. With all the authorities in the various states. Were very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have First Responders all over, the Electrical Companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. Over a thousands trucks. We have large amounts of food and water and Everything Else that you
Thirteen years ago, the Southeast faced one of the most catastrophic tornado outbreaks in American history. From April 25th to April 28th, 2011, the region experienced what came to be known as the Super Outbreak. Let’s take a closer look at the meteorological conditions that fueled the outbreak, the extent of the damage in the […]